The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-27

in Virginia AFFAIRS but the fact is admitted ty
every mcmbcr in Their association that this city
has made every regatta IN the past success and
without representation from here the affair would
something. President Hufty claims that they
place IN the state, and this alone ought 10 have
enough weight, but there Is clique IN the asso-
citation that kccps the affairs at Frcdcricksburg
or sninc other inferior course, In case Alexnn-
certain that they wiilwit6draw from the virsinia
companionship with the District clubs, and form.
INK , one q the phn,anX p OF thc he, Potomac Hiysr
sSH hSr ay tSw + NO dSS T tnS thS @ Nv would m BE
tho clubs that have brothcrly feeling for them.
All would welcome such u club us the Old Do
minons
Mcssrs NJ. +. Davis Co., of Portland, Me-, ate
putting the finishing touches to an cight-onrcd
cedar shell that they think the Potomacs, of this
% Wilton % sS s,,c ahG hc sSi ~ nsr Pays has
which he goes on TO state the superiority pf the
cedar boat oyer the paper, aud SAYS, that the
crnft OF course asking TINT the crew of lust sea.
son, OF one as good, shall si In his wooden bout
und 1t Is almost certainty To- say thtt they will
accept the offer. Plnistcd, who trained the Poto-
nSsa Rfu las, ao Is The md
American. champion. has selected Plaistcd us his
coach, ana in case he comes here to the Potomacs
he will also bring Gaudaur with him to train for
his races with rccmer and Hanlan this summer.
What the PotomuCs want more than ANYTHING
onrcd gig Tor their big four, a crow that Is Very
anxious to meet some of the big oarsinen of the
country In this style OF boat II Is handy boat
To have around In every respect, niid II is d pity
fine club like the champions do not possess one.
The regular monthly meeting of the Potomac
.ah3e n9 oiuo WI bc hed tuesday. Tues March at the
FisfsGS rS % of MOST M F @ ss street The
spring campaign promises TO be a lively one.
Ma Many M new w members viii be added To- the club.
tncntcd. "'
President. Small, of the Printers Club, says the
crew that, his organization viii put out In the
spring soSn %l, be ~ splendid e f.ster than my
VIII have no trouble IN defeating all home crews
Il successful early in the year, they viii go Ia
the National and the Harlem rcguttas.
The annual election of officers of the Analos.
TINS will take place Saturday evening next
President MckcuHcy VIII be unnnimo,isly re-
elected II he runs, while most of the old officers
will also be complimciitcd IN like manner.
| The Columbins are dclibcrating over ninuy
schcmcs in regard to the financial arrangements
for their new adjunct the Athletic Association.
II Is said that the annual dues of members viii
be Increased from twenty-fo to thirty dollars,
and tl,ut each member, active and inactive, shall
bc compelled to take. not less than twenty five
dollars worth of stock. OF course this will meet
needed to carry along successfully the gunicr.
taking. some vigorous measure is necessary. Il
the iicn of tho Athletic Club is carried out ns Is
projected, and ms the money needed for building
purposes nnd purchase of lot for same is neccs.
sarily large, It will require several hundred mem.
bers, paving their dues regularly, to meet the in.
tcrest On tho debt. let alone the canccling of the
principal But AS the men at the helm nre wide
awake, they have looked into every detail and
have Ibid out excellent plans. The enterprise IL
most deserving one, aud II Is to he hoped that
our citizens will lend every effort to push 1t along
| Last winter the bont-ho,iscs were flooded six
times during the season; this year they have cil.
| tircly escaped
Some of Lieut. Fishers friends in the PotOnlaCs
are urging him for the position of captain. As
two shell races, II hardly seems possible that he
could give attention to fireplace, Tor that position
REQUIRES the time of the officer continually ut the
bOnt-housc and on the float. Fisher Is too vall-
nble an oarsinan to be sacrificed ut this time and
the club should by all means rc-ccct Capt. Zap
ponc to the position.
Letters have been received here from several
ing tho members of the Potomncs and COlmb bias
to enter their cght-oarcd crews at the Shnrplcss
get nm opportunity to show their appreciation
Tor ray%rs received in the nnst during their visits
leave tho Potomac River this year, while the the
champion Potomacs are building high hopes that
their crew, MS bonted last season, will go To the
Schuylkill to battle for the cup.
The Columbus have Just obtained from the
District Commissioners n seven years lease on
the property they now occupy ut the foot of
High street, in Georgetown.
wndc aud Sloan, of the Columbus' senior crew,
and handsome jack Robinson, of the Potomacs'
Big Four, will don the uniform of the Light In
fnntiy until after May, in order to drill in b
Company, the crack squad of the battalion.
If the Virginia Association fails to hold their
regatta mt Alexandria on July 4. what's the mat
ter with the Old Dominions getting up an indie
pendent AFFAIR." Or. II they do not care to do so,
let the clubs OF this city lott.
For the fitst time in good many years there
were no crews out from any of the houses on
Washington's Birthday.
The Potomacs and Columbus hold regular
mpptinrS "Wednesday next